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Transesophageal echocardiography successfully diagnosed a postcardiopulmonary bypass acute aortic dissection in a 73-year-old man, allowing for immediate treatment.
Case Report (n=1)
Transesophageal echocardiography is valuable for the rapid intraoperative diagnosis of acute aortic dissection during CABG.
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May aid rapid intraoperative management of post-CPB aortic dissection; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Cottrell et al. (2003) conducted a case report in Acute aortic dissection during coronary artery bypass grafting (n=1). Transesophageal echocardiography was evaluated on Diagnosis of aortic dissection. Transesophageal echocardiography successfully diagnosed a postcardiopulmonary bypass acute aortic dissection in a 73-year-old man, allowing for immediate treatment.
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